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Region / Cities

Alsace / Strasburg

Sector of activity

Molecules, non-invasive surgery

Objectives

• Position the Alsace region as a major cluster in terms of discovering and developing new products (therapeutic molecules) and medical tools for the future.
• 3 000 new jobs over the next 10 years, resulting from:
• Business creations: objective of approximately 100 business creations in 10 years (twofold increase in the current level of business creation)
• New industrial sites: objective of 45 new sites in 10 years
• Twofold increase in the volume of partnerships between public and private sector structures, between 2005 and 2010

Advantages offered by the cluster

• Alsace BioValley: regional agency to promote biotechnologies
• One of the three main bio-clusters in Europe: a tripartite network (France, Switzerland, Germany)
• Over 300 companies that are directly involved in the health and biotechnologies sectors, representing approximately 27 000 jobs
• Over 200 interface companies in the precision equipment, endoscope and the electronics sectors

Main partners

Companies

• Major domestic and international players in this field are already present: Novartis, Sanofi-Aventis, Roche, Eli Lilly, Millipore, France Télécom, Alcatel, Karl Storz (market leader in endoscopic equipment for minimally invasive surgery), Tyco Healthcare (world leader in minimally invasive surgical equipment)...
• Dynamic start-up companies: AliX, Prestwick, Chemicals, Novalyst Discovery, Neuro3d, etc.

Research and training

Renowned centers of excellence: CNRS, INSERM, Louis Pasteur Strasburg 1 University, Strasburg Higher School of Biotechnologies (Ecole supérieure de Biotechnologies de Strasbourg), IRCAD, Center for International Studies in Industrial Property Rights (Centre d’Etudes internationales de la Propriété industrielle), CEIPI.

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